Throughout the year on hillsides, in by-ways, and forests of Glendalough and wider Wicklow you will find Glendalough Distillery’s full-time forager, Geraldine Kavanagh, busily searching out the freshest botanicals for their gins. Last week a team from O’Briens were lucky enough to tag along on one such trip in to the Wicklow Mountains.

Over the last couple of weeks I have picked out a number of new and interesting gins from our line-up. However, for this week’s blog I have focused on just one to fully understand the care and attention that goes into distillation of some of these great spirits. I could have picked from an array of great gins that showcase attention to detail with ingredients or distillation techniq...

We have loads of great gins on promotion in The Great Gin Sale. Last week I took a look at some great new gins from across the water. This week I'm turning to some Irish gins that have quickly become classics on our shelves. With so many on offer it can be hard to choose. So here is just a small pick of great Irish gins released over the last couple of years, you may just have miss...

Without doubt, this is gin and tonic weather! Good thing we have you covered with over 40 gins on offer in our Summer Gin Sale. From all-time favourites to brand new gins. Here are just three picks from our recent additions to the line-up. All three have made the short trip across the Irish sea but that’s where the similarities end. Each offers something different, from spicy to fruity to ...

What’s this? The ever popular Mór Irish gin in a brand new celebratory wrapper!

To celebrate Pride week, Mór have launched a special edition bottle of their excellent gin, Mór Pride Gin. A portion of the sale of each bottle is also being donated to the voluntary organisation Gay Community News (GCN) with Mór gin matching each donation.

The Dutch invented gin, the British added the tonic, but it was the Spanish who perfected the art of a perfect G&T.

Spain is Europe’s largest gin market with an estimated 3.2 million cases consumed each year. If you have visited the country in the last 10 or 15 years, it’s easy to see how gin has become the national spirit where even the humblest bar could have a stock of fifty ...

We have a lot going on this month and on the run in to that big event in December. Aside from plenty of great offers on wine we have promotions on across our range of spirits, everything from vodka, scotch, cognac, rum, bourbon, liquors. As well as a wide range in our Gin Sale and Irish Whiskey Sale, not to mention a range of craft and world beers on offer.

Over the last couple of weeks I have picked out a number of new and interesting gins from our line-up. However, for this week’s blog I have focused on just one to fully understand the care and attention that goes into distillation of some of these great spirits. I could have picked from an array of great gins that showcase attention to detail with ingredients or distillation techn...